Surprise! Triple feature! Just got back from the fire works, thought I could tease you all a little!

Coming back from the cave, Dylas felt his face burning. He had to take his mind off of tomorrow, and his scandalous meeting with Doug. So he just went right back to the lake

He hardly noticed Frey, but he noticed there was someone next to him. For reasons which he could never explain, he blurted out, "I might go visit Doug tomorrow." He was still contemplating whether or not he wanted to go through with this or not.

"Huh? Are you two close now?"

"Urk!" As soon as she said that, Dylas felt his blood run cold. How could he have been so stupid as to say that?! And now Frey was on to them! At least it wasn't Kiel, but still! How was he going to get out of this one? "Wh wh why would you think that?" That wasn't a good save. Should he just come clean and explain the situation? "Um, you see…" Would that really be a good idea though? What would Doug think? No, abort mission! Bail! "NO! You're wrong!" That was it, he ended up taking off toward the restaurant, leaving Frey confused.

"Wrong about what?" She said under her breath.

-The next day-

So today was the big day. Dylas was jittery from the moment he got up, and his thoughts were running wild. He got up and looked at himself in the mirror. Suddenly he felt self-conscious and ridiculous. He attempted to keep his thoughts in order as he got dressed, and yet somehow he still managed to put his pants on backwards and his shirt on inside out. It took an absurd amount of time for him to get himself properly dressed, he hoped no one would notice. Then he almost tripped and fell down the stairs thrice on his way to the restaurant. Porcoline didn't seem to care or notice and simply greeted a distressed Dylas with a "MEGA good morning!"

"Uh, yeah, good morning." Dylas mumbled. There was no one at the restaurant right now, which was bad. The horse really wanted to keep himself busy, occupy himself to keep his mind off of Doug and their scandalous meeting tonight. For now he took a seat and tapped his fingers nervously on a table. His ears visibly twitched atop his head, and he was acutely aware of his surroundings.

After a few hours, it was fairly clear that it was going to be slow day. They had only served one customer all day, which was wreaking havoc on Dylas's nerves. Porcoline didn't know why his waiter was so tense. That didn't matter to Porco, he just wanted Dylas back to his usual self. "Why don't you take the rest of the day off?" the chef said at last. Dylas' ears perked up and he appeared to tense up even more.

"Thank you." He mumbled, then left. Perhaps he could calm down if he took a bath. Then his mind started conjuring up more controversy. What if he ran into Doug? What would he do then? But then, what if he didn't get himself clean first, and Doug was repulsed by him? No, that was unlikely, but still! In the end, he decided a bath was a good idea.

He was obviously nervous about something, but Lin Fa didn't question him. She just let him in as normal.

"Mama, perhaps you should turn the heat up, yes? Dylas likes the water hot." Xiao Pai said as she swept up a stack of broken plates.

Something seemed to click in Lin Fa's head after hearing that. "Oh, so that's why the bath temperature was up so high the other day!" She wondered if she had somehow messed up, perhaps Dylas was resentful of her mistake? He hadn't mentioned it, so she'd let it slide for now. Within a few moments, she forgot all about that.

Even with the higher temperature, Dylas was still on edge. He just couldn't get himself to relax. His mind was very focussed. It was odd for him to be this focussed one thing. So when he was done bathing, making himself clean and presentable, he left silently. This time, he'd try to occupy his mind with fishing.

He moved as quickly and efficiently as possible to the lake. No one was there, so it would be nice and quiet, perfect for clearing his mind. He cast his pole and waited. He spent hours here, until the sun set. There was no more waiting, no more stalling for time. Doug was waiting for him, so all he could do was go there and see what happened. So he crept like a ninja, trying his hardest not to be seen. He almost leapt ten feet in the air when Leon passed by and said in the sleaziest voice he could muster, "where are you going?"

"Shut up!" Dylas barked at him. He proceeded on in a feeble attempt to ignore the fox and get to his destination. For now, Leon would show some mercy and resist the urge to torment the horse. He knew exactly what he was up to after all.

It took a while for Dylas to muster up the courage to knock. When he did, it was low, barely audilbe. On the off chance someone was around, he didn't want to draw attention to himself. Doug opened the door. Unlike Dylas he was grinning ear to ear and not the least bit nervous. "Glad you came." The red head said with a smile, waving him in. Dylas rushed in and all but slammed the door behind it. Of course, Doug thought this was hilarious. "Calm down man! If go acting all suspicious people are gonna wonder what you're up to." Dylas didn't seem too happy with this and growled in discontent, which only made Doug smile all the more.

On the table was a modest spread of salmon onigiri. The horse's eyes were drawn to them, just as a way to change the subject. "Did you make this?"

"Yeah! Fish for you, rice for me!" He said with a smile. He even went through the trouble of catching the salmon, but he wouldn't bring that up right now.

Dylas had to admit, it was a nice gesture. "Thanks." He mumbled as he grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth. He absolutely refused to look at Doug, instead choosing to focus intensely at a common bag of tomato seeds. Clearly the nerves were getting to him. It was kind of cute in a way.

"Sooo…" Doug said as he observed his lover's sudden strange fascination with seeds, "You wanna go upstairs?"

"I think we should finish the onigiri here." Dylas replied bluntly. Doug honestly didn't know if this was done intentionally or if he really was that oblivious, so he just rolled his eyes and let the steed eat in relative silence. By now even he was starting to feel awkward. That was a real rarity and an astounding feat for the horse. Not everyone could make Doug feel so awkward this easily.

After some time passed, Doug was starting to feel a little impatient, but only a little. It seemed like Dylas was taking his sweet time eating the one rice ball he took, while Doug had taken down the rest of them. "So uh, is there anything else you need to take care of?" His voice was slightly confused, and impatient.

"I uh." It looked like he was out of excuses. "I guess we could go upstairs." His face had flushed a bright red as he said this. Though, he was a little excited after saying such a thing.

"Great!" Doug said. By now he was shoving his stallion companion up the stairs in impatience. At first there was some resistance from the horse, but eventually he gave in and allowed himself to be pushed. And so the dwarf forced Dylas up the stairs and into his room. He seemed pleased once they entered.

"Nice place." Dylas said lamely, before getting tackled onto Doug's bed. His grip was tight, just in case the horse tried to escape.

Doug got right to work pinning down the horse in such a way that he had no choice but to look at him. Doug's expression was oddly predatory, and he went in for the attack with little hesitation. At first he started with light kissing, just to ease the horse into it. So far so good. Dylas was responding, he wasn't shying away and actually moving his lips against Doug's. Time to execute phase two.

The red head very covertly attempted to undress Dylas while he was distracted by the kissing. He was almost successful until Dylas grabbed his hand, stopping him dead. Doug groaned in frustration. "What's the deal?" He asked, trying to be as understanding as possible. That was difficult considering his hormones were running wild.

Dylas had gone red in the face, but that was all he could do. "It's nothing." He said, "just, let me do it."

Doug watched in amusement as Dylas began stripping. It took forever for him to get his shirt off, and his hands were shaking all the while. The horse actually worked up the courage to look Doug in the face, even putting on a confident smirk. Dylas's demeanor seemed to have changed completely once he noticed Doug's jaw drop and his face tint red. The horse grinned, "you like what you see?"

"Oh yeah." Doug replied, licking his lips. He then tackled his lover back down with a sudden urge to taste that newly exposed skin. So he did just that. He didn't go for the nipples right away, instead he teased the skin of the newly exposed flesh with his tongue, around the collarbone. Dylas sighed and arched slightly, that was Doug's queue to start branching out. He nipped at Dylas's nub, earning a light moan. At that, Doug pulled back and gave Dylas a little strip show. He stayed straddled over Dylas while he got rid of his clothes, all of them. There was not an ounce of modesty in him as he ground his hips against the other's. His own erection was pretty obvious, and he could feel his lover hardening under him. He grinned, and whispered in a husky, seductive voice, "You know what I'm going to do?"

"What?"

"I'm going to ride you. Like a pony."

Normally he would have protested, but he'd let it slide for tonight.

Doug started kissing his lover's neck as he gradually brought his fingers up to his entrance. Just then they heard something click, stopping both of them instantly. Then the door swung open.

"What was that?" Dylas asked.

"Someone's here." But who? He'd go check anyway. Surely Granny wasn't done with her spa day already?

"He-o" the mystery person said. "It seems we are out of bath salts."

Doug groaned audibly. What a horrible turn of events. "I'll get her fixed up and outta here." He said as he got up and hastily hauled on his pajamas. There was still the problem of Doug's obvious erection, so he grabbed a box of seeds to cover it, hoping it wouldn't be too obvious.

The salmon onigiri scene was actually the inspiration for the fic. There most likely won't be a chapter tomorrow, so this will have to do for now. Sorry about the teasing!